FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 171, 10 July 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

UEIXISUERS JN WANUAXIiI. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Waiigiiuui, Last Xijjht. t The Anylo-WY'lsli football team ar- ! rived this afterupoii, and were welcomed t>,V tlie "Slayor and football ollieials. in the evening they were interested members of tile large audience which attended tlie Uoiorua Maoei Choir's entertainment. The weather is wet and cold.

A LARGE GRANDSTAND. Auckland, Last Night. Ihc large auxiliary stand at Alexaudru Park, the erection of which was decided upon ill view of the cuormous crowds that are expected to attend the •several big Rugby matches wa. s completed to-day. The bland is about a quarter of a mile in length, and will seat from twelve thousand to fifteen thousand people. Two tons of bolts were I used i u the structure. The stand Is to be at the disposal of the Auckland Rugby Union until 15th September, after which it may be dismantled. The opinion has been expressed that the Btnicture is the largest auxiliary stand Which <has ever been erected Jii lue •Southern Hemisphere.

THE TRIAL -MATCH. There was a splendid muster of players at the trial match at Stratford yesterday, Hunter. Hardgrave*, T. Sneeti;uT, and Cameron were absentee* tro-n I the A. team, but Iwu full teams look J the tield. The game afforded a nne i*shibition of football. Day in the iirM £pel! was y i an even nature, mostly euntined tu the forwards. The 11. i<nward% were hooking the ball much more I frequently than' WuittingUm and ,loimj 6(on, but unfortunately 10.-st Osborne, . one yf their front-ranker?!, through an injury to his ribs. J. USullivan, h-io was not expected to be well enough lo play, turned up and jilled the vacancy. In the second spell. Cain was put into the front raifiT with T\ liitliiigLou jn the A. team, Johnston going into tne L x-nuii. . The A. forwards opened tlie second spell rather better, and took play into B. territory, where Coleman secured and scored. This reverse shook the IJ team up, aud they cam<; away villi a great rush, J. O'Snllivan scoring from a good forward dasn, and immediately afterwards Hooker secured from a good back passing rush and dropped over, making the score .13. 0 A.

3. The a. Iwicks how pulled themselves together, and opening up the play, soon [ Jim! the issue beyond doubt. Coleman seoied two more tries, oothi converted '• l>y Dtve, and r. Sheehan also scored, the final score being 10 to G. Un the 1 "whole the A. baeK's gave a much bet- * ter exhibition than the JVs, but a great ; deal of Mynott's jiiie play was spoiled j by .Beamish failing to take his passes -Uyuutt stood out by himself. Dive showed greatly improved form, ana seems to have at last .struck his form

°£ vo y CiUi ~ago. Coleman at mm a great improvement on Thurston, k p ad work being much superior, aim two of Ills tries were the. outcome ui sound judgment. C. Slieehan showed better form than ho displayed in (he Wanganui mau-li. iuc forwards o\i the whole were an even lot, but Kotherv and C'ain shone out very prominently. l'ukere and Taiuu played very fine games. Pukere brokr through repeatedly, but spoilt his chances by repeatedly kicking too hard. Tamil's line following-up earned him a place in pn»leroucc to VnkTire, although lie may not have played so Hard, Amongst Hie Jt. backs, Jlill played ;t fair game at lull-hack. Jlooker had little to do, but tlml he did in fmished style. IJuckland showed considerable dash, aitd must Vet be heard of. locker, potior,

and l)e Luunay played useful games, ' "it tlie side' generally lacked combination. J'lfuraton played a hard, plucky game, but has not the natural instinct ol a clever lialf. As stated above, tlie forwards are an even lot. and Tarnnaki could probably place another ami equally strong team, with two exceptions, iu tile Held.

TAKASAKI KKl\ XEA.M. After tlie match, the selector* eho ? e the following team to represent '1 ;irauaki against the liritisliers at New I'ly. nioutli oil Wednesday liext: Full-back: A. lliirclgraves. Tlircc-quarlcrS: E Dive D. Cameron C. Shccliaii. l-ivc-eighth-:. H. Mviiutl ,1. v'iinu>r»ii. yaM-hack: J. Coleman. Wing-forward: T. Shcehan. Forward-: t). O'Sullivan Jl. Kothery Crowley ' | ; ,init SinitTt Whittington Cave, KinrrgeTH-ie=: ii;u-k. Ilcukcr: forward. J'ukere. Xlie learn n-M:ni!il'-S in New l'lyiiittnl'd on .Sitnrday evening, and diligent practices will lie held on Mondax and lue.--<taj\

THE JIMOR ( n-Ull'loNSim'. Tl'KAl'A DEFEATS WAIMATK. Tu kit pa lir-t jmtior> journe\d to Manaia yesterday to moot the southern Uivisiou winners, the Waimntc team. The day wa- perfect for lontball. hut tin* ground was very heavy. Waiinate w«»re without the x;rvie<* of Katere and Kmu. their pla(c> being tilled l»y Bigham and -Millar. Tukapa played its lull team, Tlie visitors won the toss and defended the -outhern goal. Tukapa attacked and Ryan (Waimate) relieved the pressure. Meuli starting: - a rush. The huiue forwards attacked desperately, and Ballot was called upon, saving well, j But the home forwards kept up the j rush, until Webster got away, lie was I only stopped by Ryan, at fnll-baek. The. visiting backs wen- not taking the ball well, but their kicking was splendid, Jack Stohr doing great work in this department. Ifoth side* hud fruitless attempts at goal from the lield. Waimate was the lirst to score. iusi before halftime, the try originating in a line forward rush. Weir getting over. The kick al goal was poor. Ihe ball going wide. The -eeoiul spell opened with the visitor* attacking solidly. A pretty passing rush between M'-AHuju. Stohr. Stanuering, and Dvne ended iu the latter scoring between the post-. Stohr made no error with the kiek at goal, and >d Uv t "i to The Waimate forwards. headed by Jones. Taylor, and Weir, again and again Mvept down on the. visitors' line, but the defence w as superb, and the atlaek was fruitless. Tukapa changed 1 heir tactics, and Tiekner .scored a try. Stohr failing to add the major points. ,fust on time Stohr landed a beautiful •o»al from a penalty, bringing the score To - Tukapa 11, TTaimate The g.une was the be-t junior exhibition >"eu in Mauaia thi- season. The local forwards i plavrd brilliantly, ami the backs also liiut up a good jH-rformance. Tukapa'* >trojig point was in the deteiice, though when the b;ill got ont amongst Ihe backthere was some pretty work. Al r, - | A'Court Wiis vrfeiee.

T!lll!l) (il!AI)K ( II A.\l I'M i.NSI 11 1'. WON l'>Y I'ATKA "A." iKnct'ial to News.) I'atea. I.a-l Nielli. 1,, Hie play-01l lliatell between I'atea , IMI | Kit limn to deride Hie thir.l-ela,s i-liunipionship. played liere to-day. I a ten u~u liv dto o- 'l' l "' ground was very • ( vV ' irjuir brill!! fllH*ll\" e<llllined ,1,; fI >, Wil I'll-. Ilmliiil. Hie Klljian. 1,a.-!:- did few |W>-«'K ••J'- 1 "'-- K,I ""» Wl n the heavier team.. I.ut iaeked e.ur |„ the I-.-; spell l-.Hliam had u.,1 ~i the "ifine. \\ illianis ~<-<.rin- . 11l tiw -ee.'lid spell. principally i> "in" t'> l' u ' Mlpeliovil v ol tle'ir til f ~ tile hio-e. I'atea hail the upper "palmer Ma,red a trv a- the i, pa-,hiL' vu-li ami Willij„ penalty eoak William,. cieiilv.nrlli i li.u-k-). and Vender <f»>w»r.l,. were ; ... . , ~ft]„. Killiam player-. and j iMinel- iliat-ki. Willis fil- and Met'..in- ' iJ , i forwards) tor IMiea. Dnnn.- the ■ . inte Ueardoii (Milium l and I bur-ton ! 7raiw\ were ordnvd olf.

&TAU 1'- v - MAOKtS.

\lioui till' funnier fonllpiill niiili-li "! ,ea-.n . (prill V wlioll S,i "' " l,r "■ f l! - 11,-lv lllO'lt il "1' ! ' V Sr. anJi- wl.il, iu.v i , Tlk'ii S'nr forwards i ~w"y. a..-i i.««1 i it i' K'»nti tin 1 ■' r. t Tin' Mii'H'i- wi'iK'i' »P ' Vi'fi i"i" '''' v w '"' ' : ' Pr.ilt. ;iml Tmiiiiki ftl* la.-! transferred to Skip,-". ££ and equalised matters, fetal s thcu tuuh

hand in attacking, aiiil Pearce (2) and IcLareii scored trios, 110110 beim> con erted. Billy Pratt quickly leorganisci is team. calling -to fella ,villi to stare 1 pilar to tin; position of full-haok an. ama ki dropped hack to comic liirer liiarler. A dusky gentleman villi a I .roviated pants took the loft wing, an. bout, thirteen other JJaoris whos weights ran from sixteen to six ston 00k the field, Turu, with a woollv ike a drawing-room mat, and Satan ttirod in a green suit of clothes, takin 10 front row of the scrum. Never., 'laon players took oil' their coats am laistcoats, and the natives wailed in |, ' things willing. Am ] Hi,,,, tl|in „ tummed. Up and down Hie field ra-'n H'lly I'vatt outj-Mard Jarding i n his /ranlic yells to "Put ii c poot, put in to pooi." The lirowi aco swept the liall again i.ml again ti he Blacks' lino, but their luck wa« „„t •nd no score resulted. Tlr'i. lirown so mod tlio leather and removed play inf< lative territory. Sumo lierco play tool dace inside tlio latter's 2j's, Tama'ki an, ho two Skippers saving repoatodlv. Th laon full-back, "to lella with lo'starc u"ar.'' calmly smoked cigarettes an, leared his line in good style. From ; qrum McLaren whipped the leather on niartly to Charteris, who scored in amy position, but Pearcc failed wit he kick. The losers pulled llicursolve ogetlior. and Satan, .Una, ami Tamak wept the victors back into their 2-V,-lay being ~| am ] aviely. Big boei'v warriors hnrle lienisolves into (be melee. placing fh :ian more often Iban the ball, amfwit ' 'l'l ."liou'.s invaded the Stars' quar'toi lie liue-iiiiis resembling bnkas, and nil arkness setting ; M tin- fun waxed fori 11-. hoarse shouts and frenzied sluici,' ag piercing Hie atmosphere. liilly J'rai' nd .\ ollng Skipper were prominent ill kin-aml-hair lusslo, Harvov goiii" ovo ■"I losing t|„. ball. From tlio kick-on Itua, Turn, and Skipper rushed barattack, tin l ball going out 1 aniaki. who whirled into the struggle ending and bumping the disorganise, 'tars with great freedom anil tuckin; lie oval well under his left wing, he pn own his head, showed a savage set u colli, ami streaked for (ho line, goin vor between the posts. Mariin .'onvertod. The whistle sounded slioril after with play about midliehl. hot' teams playing solidly, the .Maoris havin rather t lie better of the game.

The soerttnry of the Mannwstu I/iii„n rj'tv.nis tlic atii'mliiiicc at Wuilmstlav's liritish-Jlaiiawatu inatoli at IHIOd and the gat« at .-C4ti().

__ A correspondent suggests i li.it the laninnki representative team should be I'ittcd against a local team on Natnniay at Xew Plymouth for practice jiiupn-o-. and suggests tlie following plavtrs as a likely team, namely: Clow, Mc'r.ean (it. Stohr. Hooker. Thomas, Mill. T. Smith, l-'rcwin, .loliiiston. lialfe. Luveridec. I'mkere. Stroude. Kennedy, Walsh, llasklll, O'Driscoll. Tate. McAllum, and ,Mcl JiU'eil. As the representative team docs not assemble in Xew Plymouth till evening', the probability of ;uTaiiging a match a-i I proposed is extremely remote. '

Tllli PKOKKSSIOXAO OA.Ufi. TIIK FlltST STKI' IX Till' DO-MIX lOX By Telegraph.—Press Association. Duucdiii, Last Xiglit. \\. Johnston, a member of the professional football team which recently returned from I'.iigland, .sailed again yeslerdaj for the Old Country under engagement to (lie Wigan Club." lie hopes to return to the Dominion in about two years and tikc'llouie the team of players selected by a gentleman who lias already been appointed to complexarrangements.

According !o Johu.slon. tlie Maori team, on its return from Australia, plays a match at, Auckland against a combined Auckland and Wellington team, while there is a probability of a match being played in Wellington. This, he considers, will be the firat step towards professionalism in Xew Zealand.

THE ASSOCIATION' GAME. Own# to the inclemency of ':ho weather yesterday (lie match bctwi-en \laitara anu 'New Plymouth at Waitara had to be indefinitely postponed, A meeting of delegates was held ai Kltbam recently, Mr. it. V. AVillis represented the New Plymouth Club owing to the inability or tlie secretary, Mr V. Colbcck, to attend.

The jilayolf for the eup round, Niw Plymouth v. Stratford, was lived for Thursday "week, July 23, at Inglewoon. A neutral relereo from tht southern division was appointed. A letter of explaua Lion as to the eonduct of lhe Stralford team wli.-u viml injj Xev,* riymoutll \va? to be *'nt trnju that elub.

Sanction of the Union was phluinc.'i for the Xew Plymouth (Jlub tn mkc tour under the auspices ot the Tninn. Tht l Xew Plymouth pui-'im lice of m'Olion (o lie divusKed ai next Union meeting, Lo be held 011 iv. 2Urd iust., dealing witii:--(!| .\lioliiion of Sunday football From all League teams: (J) every playing member 01 each tenm to be registered |, V ,j tl ' Union before playing in nnv match: (111 till' formal ion of a ivlVrces n-;-oci;i----tiou.

The meeting a I -0 agreed upon .Sew Plymouth being the inont-v irom last year's Sliiehi tom'naineiif. A practice game is arranged for Saturday afternoon next.